XAT syllabus
Computer-based management admission test in English: three sections share 170 minutes, then General Knowledge has 10. A right answer scores 1; a wrong answer in the first part costs 0.25. General Knowledge is outside the percentile.
Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning
26 questions, 26 marks · Within the 170 minutes of Part 1
Five options, one correct choice. A right answer scores 1. A wrong answer costs 0.25. The pattern page does not fix how the 26 questions are split among passages, poems, jumbles and cloze items.
- Reading comprehension, including poems and passages
- Critical and analytical reasoning
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Paragraph jumbles
- Cloze
Decision Making
21 questions, 21 marks · Within the 170 minutes of Part 1
Five options, one correct choice. A right answer scores 1. A wrong answer costs 0.25. The pattern page does not say how many scenarios the 21 questions share.
- Scenarios from personal and professional life
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Prioritising under a stated constraint
Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation
28 questions, 28 marks · Within the 170 minutes of Part 1
Five options, one correct choice. A right answer scores 1. A wrong answer costs 0.25. The 2026 instructions place an on-screen calculator in this section. The pattern page does not fix how many of the 28 questions are data interpretation.
- Arithmetic
- Algebra
- Geometry and mensuration
- Modern mathematics
- Data interpretation
General Knowledge
20 questions, 20 marks, not in the percentile · 10 minutes (Part 2, after Part 1 locks)
Five options, one correct choice. A right answer scores 1. The pattern page says this section has no negative marking and does not count toward the percentile or the cutoff. XLRI may still use it when selecting for XLRI programmes.
- Static general knowledge (8 questions on the pattern page)
- Current affairs (12 questions on the pattern page)